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Festival Roundup | IFF Boston 2024

Getting Lost Was Only The Half Of It

Isolation, Obsession, and Frankenstein: Why I’m a Frankensnob

I Feel Like the Fat Villain in My Own Life

Fat is bad. That’s been taught to me since I was a child. Characters like Ursula and the Queen of Hearts showed me the blueprint for an...

Coping Through Creation

Some kids looked up to superheroes when they were growing up. Others turned to public servants or pop stars. As a socially-anxious...

Seen Anything Good? - M*A*S*H

Welcome to Seen Anything Good? a monthly series where I tell you which shows to binge-watch when you need help coping with the state of...

Musical Martyrs and the 27 Club

Sometime in the mid-1930s, Robert Johnson met the devil at a crossroads in rural Mississippi and sold his soul to master the guitar. Or...

Thank You: A Breakup Story

It’s February 13th, yes the day before that holiday. My eyes are swollen, I have a piercing headache and everything smells like Jose...

Small Town Therapy: The Journey to Getting My Meds Right

It took a lot of convincing to get my mother to take me to see a therapist. In my Southern Baptist hometown, sadness was viewed as a...

Real Monsters: Reckoning with the Inherent Misogyny of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

For years, Joss Whedon has been the patron saint of male feminists everywhere. His work, especially on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, set the...

How Traveling Europe Saved My Life

I was encouraged to apply to study abroad by a guy I was head over heels for. I romanticized the idea, I was going to have the...

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